A HuCard is...

[nodtveidt]

A nutritious part of this complete breakfast.

[TGX16]

its a card.  it says hucard

No it does'nt We're talking Turbografx here don't we?
So it's a Chip......Turbochip......

[esteban]

its a card.  it says hucard

No it does'nt We're talking Turbografx here don't we?
So it's a Chip......Turbochip......

Yes, the printed manuals/literature referred to them as a "TurboChip", but THANKFULLY they never put that god-awful term on the actual card itself. "HuCard" is prominently emblazoned on North American and Japanese cards.

[turbogrfxfan]

I wonder why they called it a turbochip in the manual.. to make it sound more fun? and then the hucard (hudson card) was like the tech term for the card?  I think the hucard was hudsons invention so instead of just having a pattent number the came up with "hucard".  And with that, and if it was a cartridge..................wouldnt of they called it a Hucart?  so therefore its not a cartridge its a card.  lololololol   i think i figuredit out!

[Arkhan]

A HuCard is...

f*ckING AWESOME.

[nodtveidt]

It's called a TurboChip in the USA because the machine is called the TurboGrafx-16 and "chip" sound "small", and the cards are small. Solved.

[vestcoat]

It's a Card - for the reasons Ceti cites on page one.

The Master System plays cards and cartridges, not cartridges and cartridges.

The strict definition argument has some merit, but there are enough media variations in the world of video games to warrant specific terminology.   Just like cars and trucks are both automobiles, CDs, Turbochips, and game packs are all cartridges.     

I wonder why they called it a turbochip in the manual.. to make it sound more fun?

To make it sound too flippin' extreme.

"Turbochip" is the kind of thing one plays after a day of riding the wave, shootin' the curl, and going totally aggro on the halfpipe.

[Arkhan]

"Turbochip" is the kind of thing one plays after a day of riding the wave, shootin' the curl, and going totally aggro on the halfpipe.

\o/

[nodtveidt]

Who remembers the "THEM"/"US" promos where they were knocking the NES for having sound akin to a kiddie record player?

[esteban]

Who remembers the "THEM"/"US" promos where they were knocking the NES for having sound akin to a kiddie record player?

I do. It was aired as a commercial in the NYC area.

[turbogrfxfan]

i do

[Black Tiger]

It's a Card - for the reasons Ceti cites on page one.

The Master System plays cards and cartridges, not cartridges and cartridges.

The strict definition argument has some merit, but there are enough media variations in the world of video games to warrant specific terminology.   Just like cars and trucks are both automobiles, CDs, Turbochips, and game packs are all cartridges.     

So the PS3 doesn't read various formats of "discs" and CDs, DVDs and BluRays are all something different?

[chany60126]

Who remembers the "THEM"/"US" promos where they were knocking the NES for having sound akin to a kiddie record player?

 

[nodtveidt]

Yeah, that one.

[ceti alpha]

It's a Card - for the reasons Ceti cites on page one.

The Master System plays cards and cartridges, not cartridges and cartridges.

The strict definition argument has some merit, but there are enough media variations in the world of video games to warrant specific terminology. Just like cars and trucks are both automobiles, CDs, Turbochips, and game packs are all cartridges.

By strict definition, which is really what you have to go by, HuCards are just another form of cartridge. The Master System takes two forms of cartridges; however, since there is no specific term for the 'classic' cartridge format (SMS, NES, Atari, Intellivision, Coleco), you really are forced to differentiate the two by calling one a card and the other a cartridge. SD cards are also, by strict definition, cartridges, but it's more accurate to call them cards. I feel the same way with HuCards. I think it's just more accurate to refer to them as cards as opposed to cartridges, since 'cartridge' is such a broad term.

Now, excuse me while I blow my brains out. lol